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Ohio  School  Laws 


Enacted   by   the    77th   General  Assembly 

and  the  78th  General  Assembly  in 

Extraordinary    Session 


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Issued  by  the  State  Commissioner 
of  Schools,  March  25,  1909. 


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SUPPLEMENT 


TO  TUB 


Ohio  School  Laws 


CONSISTING  OF  THE 


Amendments   Enacted  by  the  77th  General 

Assembly,  and  78th  General  Assembly 

in  Extraordinary  Session. 


Issued  by  the  State  Commissioner 
of  Schools,  April  9,  1909. 


Springfield,  Ohio: 

The  Springfield  Publishing  Company, 

State  Printers. 

1909. 


Ohio  School  Laws. 


[House  Bill  No.  1279.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  2S34b  of  the  Revised  Statutes  relating  to  restrictions  as  to 
contracts,  agreements,  obligations,   appropriations   and   expenditures. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  2834^  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  2834^.  The  commissioners  of  any  county,  the  trustees  of  any 
township  and  the  board  of  education  of  any  school  district,  shall  enter 
into  no  contract,  agreement  or  obligation  involving  the  expenditure  of 
money,  nor  shall  any  resolution  or  order  for  the  appropriation  or  expen- 
diture of  money  be  passed  by  any  board  of  county  commissioners, 
tow^nship  trustees  or  board  of  education,  unless  the  auditor  or  the  clerk 
thereof  shall  first  certify  that  the  money  required  for  the  payment  of 
such  obligation  or  appropriation  is  in  the  treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
fund  from  which  it  is  to  be  drawn,  or  has  been  levied  and  placed 
on  the  duplicate,  and  in  process  of  collection  and  not  appro- 
priated for  any  other  purpose;  which  certificate  shall  be  filed 
and  immediately  recorded,  and  the  sums  so  certified  shall  not  thereafter  be 
considered  unappropriated  until  the  county,  township  or  board  of  educa- 
tion is  fully  discharged'  from  the  contract,  agreement  or  obligation,  or  so 
long  as  the  order  or  resolution  is  in  force,  and  all  contracts,  agreements  or 
obligations, and  all  orders  or  resolutions  entered  into  or  passed  contrary 
to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  void.  Provided,  that  none  of 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply  to  the  contracts  authorized  to 
be  made  by  other  provisions  of  law  for  the  employment  of  teachers, 
officers,  and  other  school  employes  of  boards  of  education. 

Section  2.  That  said  section  2834^  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  repealed,  and  that  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed  as  to  such  inconsistency  but  not  other- 
wise. Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  May  9,  1908. 

Approved  May  9,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 

380093 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 


[Senate  Bill  No.  591.] 
AN  ACT 


To  amend  and  supplement  section  3726  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  relating 
to  the  conferring  of  degrees  by  colleges  and  universities. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Sectkjn  I.  That  section  3726  of  the  Revised  Stattites  of  Ohio  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3726.  The  trustees  of  a  college,  university,  or  other  institution 
of  learning  incorporated  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  education,  religion, 
morality,  or  the  fine  arts,  which  has  acquired  real  or  personal  property  of 
the  value  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  and  which  has  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  secretary  of  state  a  schedule  of  the  kind  and  value  of  such  prop- 
erty, verified  by  the  oaths  of  the  trustees,  may  appoint  a  president,  profes- 
sors, and  tutors,  and  any  other  necessary  agents  and  officers,  and  fix  the 
compensation  of  each,  and  may  enact  such  by-laws  not  inconsistent  with 
the  laws  of  this  state  or  the  United  States,  for  the  government  of  the  in- 
stitution, and  for  conducting  the  afifairs  of  the  corporation,  as  they  mav 
deem  necessary ;  and  may,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  faculty,  confer 
all  such  degrees  and  honors  as  are  conferred  by  colleges  and  universities 
of  the  United  States,  and  such  others  having  reference  to  the  course  of 
study,  and  the  accomplishments  of  the  student,  as  they  may  deem  proper. 

Provided,  that  no  college  or  university  shall  confer  any  degree  until 
the  president  or  board  of  trustees  of  such  college  or  university  shall  have 
filed)  with  the  secretary  of  state  a  certificate  issued  by  the  state  commis- 
sioner of  common  schools  that  the  course  of  study  of  such  institution  of 
learning  has  been  filed  in  his  office,  and  that  the  equipment  as  to  faculty 
and  other  facilities  for  carrying  out  the  said  course  of  study  are  propor- 
tioned to  the  property  of  such  institution  and  the  number  of  students  in 
actual  attendance  so  as  to  warrant  the  issuing  of  degrees  by  the  trustees 
of  said  institution.  Provided,  further,  that  any  chartered  institution  of 
learning  failing  to  file  with  the  secretary  of  state  on  or  before  June  ist, 
1908,  the  certificate  herein  provided  for  shall  forfeit  its  charter  and  the 
same  shall  be  revoked  by  the  said  secretary  of  state. 

Section  2.  That  said  section  3726  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  May  i,  1908. 

Approved  May  i,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris^  Governor. 


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[House  Bill  No.  938.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3893  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  relating  to  the  annexation  of 
territoi-y  to  municipalities  affecting  school  districts. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Stale  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  3893  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  relating  to  the 
annexation  of  territory  to  municipahties  afifecting-  school  districts  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3893.  Whenever  territory  is  annexed  to  a  city  or  village,  such 
territory  thereby  becomes  a  part  of  the  city  or  village  school  district  and 
the  legal  title  to  all  school  property  in  said  territory  shall  remain  vested  in 
the  board  of  education  of  the  school  district  from  which  said  territory  was 
detached  for  all  school  purposes,  until  such  a  time  as  may  be  agreeable  be- 
tween the  several  boards  of  education,  when  such  property  may  be  trans- 
ferred by  warranty  deed,  or  in  case  of  disagreement  between  said  boards 
of  education,  like  proceedings  shall  be  had  as  in  section  3896  of  the  Re- 
vised Statutes.  Provided,  further,  that  where  territory  located'  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  a  village  is  attached  for  school  purposes  to  a  districL 
other  than  the  village  school  district,  and  the  boards  of  education  of  the 
districts  are  unable  to  agree  as  to  the  transfer  of  such  territory,  the  board 
of  education  of  the  village  school  district  may  file  a  petition  in  the  Probate 
Court  asking  for  the  transfer  of  the  territory  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  village,  and  the  Probate  Court  shall  have  the  same  jurisdiction  as  is 
provided  by  section  3896  of  the  Revised  Statutes. 

Section  2.  That  said  section  3893  of  the  Revised  States,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  April  14,  1908. 

Approved  April  15,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  PIarris^  Governor. 


[Senate  Bill  No.  4.55.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3897  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  as  amended  April  25, 

1904,  relating  to  boards  of  education. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.    That  section  3897  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  amended  to 
read  as  follows : 


6  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Sec.  3897.  In  city  school  districts,  the  board  of  education  shah  con- 
sist of  not  less  than  three  members  nor  more  than  seven  members  elected 
at  large  by  the  qualified  electors  of  such  city  school  district,  provided  that 
in  city  school  districts  which  at  the  last  preceding  federal  census  contained 
a  population  of  more  than  50,000  persons,  the  board  of  eduation  shall  con- 
sist of  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than  seven  members  elected  at  large  by 
the  qualified  electors  of  such  city  school  district,  and  of  not  less  than  two 
members  nor  more  than  twelve  members  elected  from  subdistricts  by  the 
qualified  electors  of  their  respective  subdistricts,  and,  provided  further  that 
whenever  the  number  of  members  of  the  board  of  education  in  the  school 
districts  of  cities  which  at  the  last  or  any  subsequent  federal  census  ma) 
have  a  population  of  more  than  50,000  persons  is  changed  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  then  such  board  of  education  shall  consist  of  not 
less  than  three  members  nor  more  than  seven  members  elected  at 
large  by  the  qualified  electors  of  such  city  school  district. 

Not  later  than  the  first  day  of  June  next  after  the  passage  of  this  act, 
the  board  of  education  of  each  city  school  district  in  which  members  have 
heretofore  been  elected  from  subdistricts  and  within  three  months  after 
the  official  announcement  of  the  result  of  each  federal  census,  the  board  of 
education  of  each  city  school  district  shall  prescribe  the  boundaries  of  the 
subdistricts  or  shall  pass  a  resolution  fixing  within  the  limits  prescribed  by 
this  act,  the  number  of  members  of  said  board  of  education  to  be  elected  at 
large,  and  if  any  members  of  said  board  shall  have  been  elected  by  subdis- 
tricts designating  the  subdistrict  members  to  serve  temporarily  as  mem- 
bers at  large  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Said  subdistricts  shall  be  bounded,  as  far  as  practicable  by  cor- 
poration lines,  streets,  alleys,  avenues,  public  grounds,  canals,  water 
courses,  ward  boundaries,  voting  precinct  boundaries  or  present  school 
district  boundaries,  and  shall  be  as  nearly  equal  in  population  as  pos- 
sible and  shall  be  composed  of  adjacent  and  as  compact  territory  as 
possible. 

Whenever  the  number  of  members  of  the  board  of  education  of  any 
city  school  district  shall  have  been  changed  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  then  the  members  that  have  been  elected  at  large  shall 
serve  the  terms  for  which  they  have  been  elected,  and  if  any  members  have 
theretofore  been  elected  by  subdistricts,  and  the  number  of  members  at 
large  shall  be  increased,  the  proper  number  shall  be  chosen  by  lot  from  the 
subdistrict  members  whose  terms  first  expire  to  serve  until  the  expiration 
of  their  terms,  and  the  proper  number  shall  be  chosen  by  lot  from  the  sub- 
district  members  whose  terms  last  expire  to  serve  until  the  expiration  of 
their  terms.  If  the  board  of  education  consists  of  an  even  number  of  mem- 
bers, one-half  shall  be  elected  every  alternate  odd  numbered  year  for  four 
years,  and  if  of  an  odd  number  of  members  then  one-half  plus  one  shall 
be  elected  in  the  year  1909,  or  four  or  a  multiple  of  four  years  thereafter, 
and  the  remaining  number  in  the  year  191 1  or  four  or  a  multiple  of  four 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  7 

years  thereafter.     At  the  expiration  of  their  respective  terms,   their 
successors  shall  be  elected  for  four  years. 

Whenever  the  number  of  members  of  any  city  board  of  education,  in 
which  heretofore  any  members  had  been  elected  by  subdistricts,is  changed 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  herein,  then  the  office  of  subdistrict  mem- 
bers in  such  city  school  district  is  hereby  abolished. 

Subdistricts  shall  be  numbered  from  one  up,  consecutively  and  mem- 
bers to  be  elected  to  the  board  of  education  from  subdistricts  of  odd  num- 
bers beginiiing-  with  one  shall  be  elected  in  the  year  191 1,  and  those  elected 
from  subdistricts  of  even  numbers  shall  be  elected  in  the  year  1909,  and  at 
the  expiration  of  their  respective  terms,  their  successors  shall  be  elected  for 
four  years. 

If  the  board  of  education  shall  fail  to  prescribe  the  boundaries  of  the 
subdistricts  or  pass  the  resolution  as  provided  herein  at  the  time  or  times 
herein  specified,  then  and  in  that  event  the  members  who  have  been  elected 
at  large  of  such  board  so  failing,  shall,  subject  to  the  requirements  of  this 
act,  forthwith  prescribe  the  boundaries  of  the  subdistricts  or  pass  the  reso- 
lution as  herein  required  at  the  time  or  times  herein  specified.  Members 
elected  at  large  must  be  electors  of  the  city  school  districts  and  members 
elected  from  subdistricts  must  be  electors  of  the  city  subdistricts  from 
which  they  are  chosen  or  of  the  territory  attached  to  the  subdistrict  for 
school  purposes,  and  a  removal  from  said  subdistrict  territory  or  city 
school  district  shall  vacate  said  office.  The  number  of  members  of  the 
board  of  education  shall  not  be  changed  except  at  the  times  herein  pro- 
vided. 

Section  2.    That  said  section  3897  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  May  9,  1908. 

Approved  May  20,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  678.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3920  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  as  amended  April  25, 
1904,  relating  to  the  organization  of  township  boards  of  education. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.    That  section  3920  of  the   Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 


8  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Sec.  3920.  Boards  of  education  of  township  school  districts  shall 
organize  on  the  first  Monday  in  January  after  the  election  of  the  board, 
by  the  election  of  one  of  their  members  president  and  the  election  of  a  clerk 
who  may  or  may  not  be  a  member  of  the  board,  the  president  to  be  electeil 
for  one  year  and  the  clerk  to  be  elected  for  a  term  not  to  exceed  two  years. 
They  shall  fix  the  time  of  holding  regular  meetings.  Each  member  of  the 
board  shall  receive,  as  compensation,  two  dollars,  for  each  meeting  actually 
attended  for  not  more  than  ten  meetings  in  any  year.  The  compensation 
allowed  to  members  of  the  board  shall  be  paid  from  the  contingent  fund. 
Section  2.    That  section  3920  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  14,  1908. 
Approved  April  15,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  723.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3922  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  in  relation  to  the  sus- 
pension of  schools  in  subdistricts,  and  conveyance  of  pupils  to  other  dis- 
tricts. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  3922  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  in 
relation  to  the  suspension  of  schools  in  subdistricts,  and  conveyance  of 
pupils  to  other  districts,  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3922.  The  board  of  education  oi  any  township  school  district  i'^ 
authorized  to  suspend  the  schools  in  any  or  all  subdistricts  in  the  town- 
ship district,  but  upon  such  suspension  the  board  must  provide  for  the  con- 
veyance of  the  pupils  residing  in  such  subdistrict  or  subdistricts  to  a  pub- 
lic school  in  said  township  district,  or  to  a  public  school  in  another 
district,  the  cost  of  such  conveyance  to  be  paid  out  of  the  funds 
of  the  township  school  district ;  or  the  board  may  abolish 
all  the  subdistricts  providing  conveyance  is  furnished  to  one  or 
more  central  schools,  the  expense  of  such  conveyance  to  be  paid 
out  of  the  funds  of  the  district,  but  no  subdistrict  school  where  the  average 
daily  attendance  is  tvs'elve  or  more,  sliall  be  so  suspended  or  abolished 
under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  after  a  vote  has  been  taken  under  the 
provisions  of  section  3927-2  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  when  at  said  election 
a  majorty  of  the  votes  cast  thereon  were  against  the  proposition  of  cen- 
tralization, or  when  a  petition  has  been  filed  thereunder  and  has  not  yet 
been  voted  upon  at  an  election. 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  9 

No  township  schools  shall  be  centralized  under  this  section  by  the 
board  of  education  of  the  township  until  after  sixty  days'  notice  has  been 
g'iven  by  the  board,  said  notices  to  be  posted  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  each 
subd'istrict  of  the  township.  When  transportation  of  pupils  is  provided  for, 
the  conveyance  must  pass  within  at  least  the  distance  of  one-half  of  a  mile 
from  the  respective  residence  of  all  pupils,  except  when  such  residences 
are  situated  more  than  one-half  of  a  mile  from  the  public  road ;  but  trans- 
portation for  pupils  living  less  than  one  and  one-half  miles,  by  the  most 
direct  public  highwa}',  from  the  school  house  shall  be  optional  with  the 
board  of  education. 

Section  2.  That  original  section  3922  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of 
Ohio  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  23,  1908. 
Approved  April  24,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Goz'ernor. 


[House  Bill  No.  716.] 

AN  ACT 

To  provide  transportation  of  pupils  in  village  school  districts   with   attached 

territory. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  Boards  of  education  in  village  school  districts  with  at- 
tached territory  are  authorized  to  provide  for  the  conveyance  of  the  pupils 
of  said  districts  to  the  school  or  schools  of  the  district,  the  expense  of  said 
conveyance  to  be  paid  from  the  school  funds  of  the  village  district  with  at- 
tached territory.  Provided,  however,  that  boards  of  education  of  such 
districts  as  provide  transportation  for  the  pupils  thereof,  shall  not  be  re- 
quired to  transport  pupils  living  less  than  one  mile  from  the  school  house 
or  houses,  transportation  of  pupils  in  any  event  shall  be  optional  with  the 
boards  of  education. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  29,  1908. 
Approved  April  29,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


10  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

[House  Bill  No.  682.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3923  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  as  amended  April  25, 

1904,  abolishing  joint  subdistricts. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  3923  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3923.  Joint  subdistricts  are  hereby  abolished  and  the  territory  of 
such  districts,  situated  in  the  township  in  which  the  schoolhouse  of  the 
joint  subdistrict  is  not  located,  shall  be  attached  for  school  purposes  to 
the  township  school  district  in  which  said  schoolhouse  is  located,  and  shall 
constitute  a  part  of  said  township  school  district,  and  the  title  of  all  school 
property  located  in  said  joint  subdistrict,  is  hereby  vested  in  the  board  of 
education  of  the  township  to  which  the  territory  is  attached.  A  map  of 
such  attached  territory  shall  be  prepared  under  the  direction  of  the  board 
of  education  of  the  township  district  to  which  such  territory  is  attached 
and  shall  be  made  a  part  of  the  records  of  said  board  and  a  copy  of  the 
same  shall  be  filed  with  the  auditor  of  the  county  in  which  said  territory  is 
situated,  or  if  the  territory  be  iri  two  or  more  counties,  said  map  shall  be 
filed  with  the  auditor  of  each  county.  Provided,  further,  that  when  such 
subdistrict  is  a  part  of  townships,  both  of  which  have  centralized  schools, 
and  no  school  is  maintained  in  said  subdistrict,  then  the  boundaries  of  the 
civil  township  so  situated  shall  form  the  boundaries  of  the  township  school 
districts,  and  each  township  shall  have  entire  control  of  the  territory  of 
such  subdistrict  lying  within  its  boimdaries. 

Section  2.    That  said  section  3923  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealetl. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker'  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  14,  1908. 
Approved  April  15,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  11 

[House  Bill  No.  797..I 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3934  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  authorizing  boards  of  education 
of  special  school  districts  to  provide  for  the  transportation  of  pupils  to 
school  houses. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assemblv  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  3934  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  foHows : 

Sec.  3934.  Boards  of  education  of  special  scliool  districts  are  au- 
thorized to  provide  for  the  conveyance  of  the  pupils  of  said  districts  to  the 
school  or  schools  of  the  di.^tricts  or  to  a  school  of  any  adjoining  district,  the 
expense  of  said  conveyance  to  be  paid  from  the  school  fund  of  the  special 
school  districts ;  provided,  however,  that  boards  of  education  of  such  dis- 
tricts as  provide  transportation  for  the  pupils  thereof,  shall  not  be  required 
to  transport  pupils  living-  less  than  one  mile  from  the  schoolhouse ;  trans- 
portation of  pupils,  in  any  event,  being  optional  with  the  board  of  educa- 
tion. 

Section  2.    That  said  section  3934  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President   of  the  Senate. 
Passed  May  ist,  1908. 
Approved  May  ist,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Goz'ernor. 


[House  Bill  No.  1003.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3969  of  the  Revised  Statutes  relating  to  the  action  of  the 
county  commissioners  when  a  board  of  education  fails  to  provide  proper 
school  facilities,  and  section  3981  of  the  Revised  Statutes  with  reference  to 
vacancies  in  boards  of  education  and  how  filled. 

Be  it  enacted  by  tlie  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  sections  3969  and  3981  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  3969.  If  the  board  of  education  in  any  district  fail  in  any  year 
to  estimate  and  certify  the  levy  for  a  contingent  fund  as  required  Ijy  this 
chapter,  or  if  the  amount  so  certified  is  deemed  insufficient  for  school  pur- 
poses, or  if  it  fail  to  [provide  sufficient  school  privileges  for  all  the  youth  of 


12  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

school  age  in  the  district  or  to  provide  for  the  continuance  of  any  school 
in  the  district  for  at  least  thirty-two  weeks  in  the  year,  or  to  provide  for 
each  school  an  equitable  share  of  school  advantages  as  required  by  this 
title,  or  to  provide  suitable  school  houses  for  all  the  schools  under  its  con- 
trol, or  to  elect  a  superintendent  or  teachers,  or  to  pay  their  salaries,  or 
to  pay  out  any  other  school  money  needed  in  school  administration,  or  to 
fill  any  vacancies  in  the  board  w'ithin  the  period  of  thirty  days  after  such 
vacancies  occur,  the  commissioners  of  the  county  tO'  which  such  district  be- 
longs, upon  being  advised  and  satisfied  thereof,  shall  do  and  perform  any 
or  all  of  said  duties  and  acts,  in  as  full  a  manner  as  the  board  of  education 
is  by  this  title  authorized  to  do  and  perform  the  same ;  and  all  salaries  and 
other  money  so  paid  b}'  the  commissioners  of  the  county,  shall  be  paid  out 
of  the  county  treasur}"  as  other  county  expenses  are  paid,  but  the  same 
shall  be  a  charge  against  the  school  district  for  which  said  money  was  paid, 
and  the  amount  so  paid  shall  be  retained  by  the  county  auditor  from  the 
proper  funds  due  to  such  school  district,  at  the  time  of  making  the  semi- 
annual distribution  of  taxes ;  and  the  members  of  a  board  wdio  cause  such 
failure  shall  be  each  severally  liable,  in  a  penalty  not  to  exceed  fifty  nor 
less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  to  be  recovered  in  a  civil  action  in  the  name 
of  the  state  upon  complaint  of  any  elector  of  the  district,  which  sum  shall 
be  collected  by  the  prosecuting  attorney  of  the  county  and  when  collected 
shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  coimty,  for  the  benefit  of  the  school 
or  schools  of  the  district. 

Sec.  3981.  Vacancies  in  any  board  of  education  which  may  be  caused 
by  death,  non-residence,  resignation,  removal  from  office,  failure  of  the 
person  elected  or  appointed  to  c[ualify  within  ten  days  after  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  board  or  of  his  appointment,  removal  from  the  district,  or  ab- 
sence from  meetings  of  the  board  for  a  period  of  ninety  days,  provided  said 
absence  is  caused  by  reasons  declared  insuffident  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of 
the  remaining  members  of  the  board,  said  vote  to  be  taken  and  entered 
upon  the  records  not  less  than  thirt}^  days  after  said  absence;  such  vacan- 
cies shall  be  filled  by  the  board  of  education  at  its  next  regular  or  special 
meeting  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible  for  the  unexpired  term. 

A  majority  vote  of  all  the  remaining  members  of  the  board  can  Jill 
any  vacancy  or  vacancies  that  may  exist  in  said  board. 

Section  2.  That  said  sections  3969  and  3981  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  March  31,  1908. 
Approved  March  31,  1908,  five  o'clock  p.  ra. 
Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  13 

[Senate  Bill  No.  9.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3990  of  the  Revised  Statutes  and  allowing  a  board  of  educa- 
tion to  file  an  accurate  plat  and  description  of  the  parcel  of  land  sought 
to  be  condemned  in  the  insolvency  court. 

Dc  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  3990  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  amended  to 
read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3990.  When  it  is  necessary  to  procure  or  enlarge  a  school  site, 
and  the  board  of  education  and  the  owner  of  the  proposed  site  or  addi- 
tion are  unable  for  any  cause  to  agree  upon  the  sale  and  purchase  there- 
of, the  board  shall  make  an  accurate  plat  and  description  of  the  parcel  of 
land  which  it  desires  for  such  purposes,  and  file  the  same  with  the  pro- 
bate judge,  or  court  of  insolvency,  of  the  proper  county,  and  thereupon 
the  same  proceedings  of  appropriation  shall  be  had  which  are  provided 
for  the  appropriation  of  private  property  by  municipal  corporations. 

Section  2.  That  said  original  section  3990  be  and  the  same  is  herebv 
repealed. 

Granville  W.  Mooney, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Francis  W.  Treadway, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  March  12,  1909. 
Approved  March  15,  1909. 

Judson  Harmon,  Governor. 


[Senate  Bill  No.  94.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3998-2  of  rhe  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  by  providing  power 
to  appropriate  land  for  library  purposes  and  authority  to  sell  real  estate. 

Be  it  enaeted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  3998-2  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  shall 
be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3998-2.  The  board  of  education  may  provide  for  the  manage- 
ment and  control  of  such  library  by  a  board  of  trustees  to  be  elected  by 
said  board  of  education  as  herein  provided. 

Such  board  of  library  trustees  shall  consist  of  seven  (7)  members, 
who  shall  be  residents  of  the  school  district,  and  no  one  shall  be  eligible 


14  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

to  membership  on  said  library  board  who  is  or  has  been  for  a  year  pre- 
vious to  his  election,  a  member  or  officer  of  the  board  of  education.  The 
term  of  office  shall  be  seven  years,  except  that  at  the  first  election  the  terms 
shall  be  such  that  one  member  shall  retire  each  year.  Should  a  vacancy 
occur  in  said  board,  it  shall  be  filled  by  the  board  of  education  for  the  un- 
expired term.  The  members  of  said  library  board  shall  serve  witliout 
compensation  and  lintil  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified. 

Such  library  board,  in  its  own  name,  shall  hold  the  title  to  and  have 
the  custody,  management  and  control  of  all  libraries,  branches,  stations, 
reading  rooms,  and  of  all  library  property,  real  and  personal,  of  such 
school  district,  and  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys  collected  or  received 
from  any  source  for  library  purposes  for  such  district.  It  shall  have 
power  to  employ  a  librarian  and  assistants,  but  previous  to  such  employ- 
ment the  compensation  of  such  librarian  and  assistants  shall  be  fixed.  Such 
library  board  shall  have  the  power,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  its  members, 
to  purchase  or  lease  grounds  and  buildings,  and  erect  buildings  for  library 
purposes. 

It  shall  have  the  power  to  appropriate  land  for  library  purposes  when 
the  owner  and  the  board  can  not  agree  upon  terms.  It  shall  have  the 
power  to  dispose  of  land  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  board,  it  is  no 
longer  needed  for  library  purposes. 

All  conveyances  made  by  the  board  shall  be  executed  in  its  name  by 
its  president  and  secretary. 

It  may  accept  any  gift,  devise  or  bequest  for  the  benefit  of  such  li- 
brary. No  member  of  the  library  board  shall  be  interested,  directly  or  in- 
directly, in  any  contract  made  by  the  board.  The  library  board  shall  re- 
port annually  in  writing  to  the  board  of  education. 

Section  2.  That  said  original  section  3998-2  of  the  Revised  Statutes 
of  Ohio  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Granville  W.  Mooney, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Francis  W.  Treadway, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  March  12,  1909. 

Approved  March  15,  1909. 

JuDSON  Harmon,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  887.] 
AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  4007  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  relating  to  elementary  schools. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.     That  section  4007  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows : 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  15 

Sec.  4007.  Each  board  of  education  shall  establish  a  sufficient  num- 
ber of  elementary  schools  to  provide  for  the  free  education  of  the  youth  of 
school  age  within  the  district  under  its  control,  at  such  places  as  will  be 
most  convenient  for  the  attendance  of  the  largest  number  of  such  youth, 
and  shall  continue  each  and  every  elementary  day  school  so  established  not 
less  than  thirty-two  nor  more  than  forty  weeks  in  each  school  year,  and  all 
the  elementary  schools  within  the  same  school  district  shall  be  continued 
the  same  length  of  time.  All  boards  of  education  are  required  to  prescribe 
a  graded  course  of  study  for  all  schools  under  their  control  in  the  branches 
named  in  section  4007-1  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  state  commissioner  of  common  schools.  Each  township 
board  of  education  shall  establish  and  maintain  at  least  one  elementary 
school  in  each  subdistrict  under  its  control,  unless  transportation  is  fur- 
nished to  the  pupils  thereof  as  provided  by  law.  The  lx)ard  of  education 
in  any  city  school  district  may  establish  and  maintain  a  normal  school 
within  its  respective  district  and  may  establish  and  maintain  such  summer 
or  vacation  schools,  school  gardening  and  play  grounds  as  in  its  discretion 
seems  desirable. 

Section  2.  That  said  section  4007,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  M.  Williams, 

President   of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  8,  1908. 
Approved  April  9,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  1023.] 
AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  1  of  an  act  entitled,  "An  act  to  empower  township  boards  of 
education  to  establish  township  or  joint  township  high  schools,  and  to  dis- 
continue subdistrict  schools  when  too  small  to  justify  their  continuance," 
passed  April  25,  1898,  as  amended  April  25,  1904,  to  provide  for  joint  high 
school  districts. 

Be  it  enacted  by  tJic  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.    That  section  i  of  an  act  entitled,  "An  act  to   empower 
township  boards  of  education  to  establish  township  or  joint  township  high 


16  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

schools,  and  to  discontinue  subdistrict  schools  when  too  small  to  justify 
their  continuance,"  passed  April  25.  1904,  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  fol- 
lows : 

(4009-15)  Sec.  I.  The  boards  of  education  of  two  or  more  arljoin- 
ing  township  school  districts,  or  ,of  a  township  district  and  of 
a  village  or  special  school  district  situated  partially  or  wholly 
within  the  township,  or  of  any  two  or  more  of  said  school 
districts  may,  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  full  membership 
of  each  of  said  boards,  unite  said  districts  for  high  school 
purposes  and  each  board  may  submit  the  cjuestion  of  levying  a  tax  on  the 
property  in  their  respective  districts,  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  a  site 
and  erecting  a  building,  and  may  issue  bonds,  as  is  provided  for  in  section 
thirty-nine  hundred  and  ninety-one,  thirty-nine  hundred  and  ninety-two 
and  thirty-nine  hundred  and  ninety-three,  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio, 
but  said  cjuestion  of  tax  levy  must  carry  in  each  district  before  it  shall  be- 
come operative  in  either.  If  said  boards  of  education  have  sufficient  money 
in  the  treasury  to  purchase  said  site  and  erect  said  building,  or  if  there  is 
a  suitable  building  in  either  district  owned  by  the  board  of  education  that 
can  be  used  for  a  high  school  building  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  submit 
the  proposition  to  a  vote,  and  the  boards  are  authorized  to  appropriate 
money  from  their  funds  for  this  purpose.  Any  high  school  so  established 
shall  be  under  the  management  of  a  high  school  committee,  consisting  of 
two  members  of  each  of  the  boards  creating  such  joint  district,  elected  by 
a  majority  vote  of  said  boards,  and  whose  membership  of  said  high  school 
committee  shall  be  for  the  same  term  as  their  term  on  the  board  which  they 
represent.  Said  high  school  shall  be  free  to  all  youth  of  school  age  within 
each  district,  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  adopted  by 
said  high  school  committee,  having  control  of  the  school  in  regard  to  the 
cjualifications  in  scholarship  requisite  for  admission,  such  rules  and  regula- 
tions to  be  of  uniform  operation  throughout  each  district.  The  funds  for 
the  maintenance  and  support  of  such  high  school  shall  be  provided  by  ap- 
propriations from  the  tuition  or  contingent  funds,  or  both,  of  each  district, 
in  proportion  to  the  total  valuation  of  property  in  the  respective  districts, 
the  same  to  be  placed  in  a  separate  fund  in  the  treasury  of  the  board  of 
education  of  the  district  in  which  the  schoolhouse  is  located,  and  paid  out 
by  action  of  said  high  school  committee  for  the  purposes  of  maintaining 
said  school. 

And  all  boards  of  education  exercising  control  for  the  purposes  of 
taxation  over  any  territory  within  any  township  or  joint  township  high 
school  district,  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  to  levy  upon  all  the 
taxable  property  within  said  territory,  not  exceeding  five  mills  on  one  dol- 
lar in  any  one  year,  in  addition  to  all  other  levies  authorized  by  law.  for 
the  support  and  maintenance  of  any  township  or  joint  township  high  school 
to  which   said  territory  may  belong.    And   all  funds   derived   from  levies 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  17 

made  under  this  act  shall  be  kept  separate  and  shall  be  paid  out  for  the 

support  and  maintenance  of  the  high  school  for  which'  such  levy  is  made. 

Section  2.     'Ihat  said  section  i  as  amended  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  May  9,  1908. 
Approved  May  9,  1908, 

Andrew  L.  Harris^  Governor. 


[Senate  Bill  No.  120.] 

AN  ACT 

To  supplement  section  4018  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  relating  to  general 
duties  of  teachers  by  a  section  to  be  numbered  4018ffl  providing  for  the 
health  of  pupils  of  public  schools. 

Be  it  enacted  by  tJie  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  4018  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  be  sup- 
plemented as  follows : 

Sec.  4018-a.  Any  board  of  education  in  a  city  school  district  may 
provide  for  the  medical  inspection  of  pupils  attending  the  public  schools 
and  for  that  purpose  may  employ  competent  physicians  and  nurses  and 
provide  for  and  pay  all  expenses  incident  thereto  from  the  public  school 
funds  or  mav  by  agreement  with  the  board  of  health  or  other  board  or  offi- 
cer performing  the  functions  of  a  board  of  health  for  such  city,  provide 
for  medical  and  sanitary  supervision  and  inspection  of  the  schools  which 
are  under  the  control  of  such  board  of  education  and  of  the  pupils  attend- 
ing such  schools,  by  a  competent  physician  selected  by  the  parent  or 
guardian  of  the  child,  but  in  case  of  failure  upon  the  part  of  the  parent 
or  guardian,  then  i)y  the  district  physicians  and  other  employes  to  be  ap- 
pointed by  such  board  of  health,  and  any  board  of  education  in  a  city 
school  district  making  such  agreement  shall  have  power  to  provide  and 
pay  compensation  to  the  employes  of  the  board  of  health  in  addition  to 
that  provided  b}-  the  cit}-. 

Granville  W.  Mooney, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
Francis  W.  Treadway, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  March  12,  1909. 

Approved  Marcli  15,  1909. 

Judson  Harmon,  Governor. 


18  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

[House  Bill  No.  1052.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  5  of  an  act  entitled,  "An  act  to  provide  for  supplying  the 
schools  of  Ohio  with  good  and  sufficient  school  books  at  the  lowest  possible 
prices,"  passed  April  22,  1896,  relative  to  adoption  of  text  books. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  5  of  an  act  entitled,  "An  act  to  provide  for 
supplying  the  schools  of  Ohio  with  good  and  sufficient  school  books  at  the 
lowest  possible  prices,"  passed  April  22,  1896,  be  amended  so  as  to  read 
as  follows : 

(4020-14)     Sec.  5.    Each   board  of  education   shall,   at   any  regular 
meeting,  held  between  the  first  Monday  in  February  and  the  first  Monday 
in  August,  determine  by  a  majority  vote  of  all  members  elected  the  studies 
to  be  pursued  and  which  of  said  text-books   so  filed  shall  be  used  in  the 
schools  under  its  control,  but  no  text-books  now  in  use  or  hereafter  adopted 
shall  be  changed,  nor  any  part  thereof  altered  or  revised,  nor  shall  any 
other  text-book  be  substituted  therefor  for  five  years  after  the  date  of  the 
selection   and  adoption  thereof,  as   shown  by  the  official   records  of  said 
boards,  except  by  the  consent,  at  any  regular  meeting,  of  five-sixths  of  all 
members  elected  to  the  board.     Books  so  substituted  shall  be  adopted  for 
the  full  term  of  five  years.    Each  board  of  education  shall  cause  it  to  be 
ascertained,  and  at  any  regular  meeting  shall  determine  which,  and  the 
number  of  each  of  said  books  the  schools  under  its  charge  shall  require, 
and  shall  cause  an  order  to  be  drawn  for  the  amount  in  favor  of  the  clerk 
of  the  board  of  education,  payable  out  of  the  contingent  fund;  and  said 
clerk  shall  at  once  order  said  books  so  agreed  upon  by  the  board,  of  the 
publisher  and  the  publisher,  on  the  receipt  of  such  order  shall  ship  such 
books  to  said  clerk  without  delay,  and  the  clerk  shall  forthwith  examine 
such  books,  and,  if  found  right  and  in  accordance  with  said  order,  remit 
the    amount  to    said   publisher,  and  the    board  of  education  shall  pay  all 
charges    for    the    transportation    of    such    books,    out    of    the    school 
contingent    fund;    but    if    said    boards    of    education    can,    at    any 
time,     secure     of     the     publishers     books     at     a     price     less     than 
said     maximum     price,     it     shall     be     its     duty     so     to     do,     and 
may,     without     unnecessary     delay,     make     effort     to     secure     such 
lower  price  before  adopting  any  particular  text-book.    Each  board  of  edu- 
cation shall  have  power  to,  and  shall  make  all  necessary  provisions  and  ar- 
rangements to  place  the  books  so  purchased  within  easy  reach  of  and  ac- 
cessible to  all  the  pupils  in  their  district,  and  for  that  purpose  may  make 
such  contracts,  and  take  such  security  as  they  may  deem  necessary,  for 
the  custody,  care  and  sale  of  such  books  and  accounting  for  the  proceeds ; 
but  not  to  exceed  ten  per  cent,  of  the  cost  price  shall  be  paid  therefor,  and 
said  books  shall  be  sold  to  the  pupils  of  school  age  in  the  district,  at  the 
price  paid  the  publisher,  and  not  to  exceed  ten  per  cent,  therefor  added, 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  1  \) 

and  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  shall  be  paid  into  the  contingent  fund  of  such 
district,  and  whoever  receives  said  books  from  the  board  of  education  for 
sale  as  aforesaid  to  the  pupils,  and  fails  to  account  honestly  and  fully  for 
the  same,  or  for  the  proceeds  to  the  board  of  education  when  required, 
shall  be  gaiilty  of  embezzlement  and  punished  accordingly.  Provided, 
however,  boards  of  education  may  contract  with  local  retail  dealers  to  fur- 
nish said  books  at  prices  above  specified,  the  said  board  being  still  respon- 
sible to  the  publishers  for  all  books  purchased  by  the  said  board  of  educa- 
tion. And  when  pupils  remove  from  any  district,  and  have  text-books  of 
the  kind  adopted  in  such  district  and  not  being  of  the  kind  adopted  in  the 
district  to  which  they  remove,  and  wish  to  dispose  of  the  same,  the  board 
of  the  district  from  which  they  remove,  when  requested,  shall  purchase  the 
same  at  the  fair  value  thereof,  and  resell  the  same  as  other  books ;  and 
nothing  in  this  act  shall  prevent  the  board  of  education  from  furnishing 
free  bqoks  to  pupils  as  provided  by  law.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carry- 
ing into  effect  the  foreging  provisions  of  this  act,  and  paying  the  ex- 
penses incident  thereto,  there  be  and  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any 
money  in  the  state  treasury,  to  the  credit  of  the  general  revenue  fund,- 
not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  to 
be  disbursed  and  paid  on  the  allowance  and  order  of  said 
commissioner.  Provided,  however,  that  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  superintendent,  supervisor  or  principal,  employed  by  any 
board  of  education  in  the  state,  to  act  as  a  sales  agent, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  whose 
school  text-books  are  filed  with  the  state  commissioner  of  common  schools, 
for  use  in  the  public  schools  of  the  state,  as  provided  by  law ;  any  viola- 
tion of  this  provision  shall  work  a  forfeiture  of  their  certificate  to  teach  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  state  of  Ohio. 

Section  2.    That  said  original  section  5  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  May  9,  1908. 

Approved  May  9,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


20  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

[House  Bill  No.  1172.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend   section   4022-9   of  the  Revised   Statutes   providing  relief  to   enable 

children  to  attend  school. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  4022-9  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  amended 
to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  4022-9.  When  any  truant  officer  is  satisfied  that  any  child,  com- 
pelled to  attend  school 'by  the  provisions  of  this  act,  is  unable  to  attend 
school  because  absolutely  required  to  work  at  home  or  elsewhere  in  order 
to  support  itself  or  help  to  support  or  care  for  others  legally  entitled  to 
its  services  who  arc  unable  to  support  or  care  for  themselves,  the  truant 
officer  shall  report  the  case  to  the  president  of  the  board  of  education,  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  president  of  the  board  of  education  tO'  furnish 
text-books  free  of  charge,  and  such  other  relief  as  may  be  necessary  to 
enable  the  child  to  attend  school  for  the  time  each  year  required  under  this 
act ;  the  expenses  incident  to  furnishing  said  books  and  relief  to  be  paid 
from  the  contingent  funds  of  the  scliool  district.  Such  child  shall  not  be 
considered  or  declared  a  pauper  by  reason  of  the  acceptance  of  the  relief 
herein  provided  for.  In  case  the  child,  or  its  parents,  or  guardian,  refuse 
or  neglect  to  take  advantage  of  the  provisions  thus  made  for  its  in- 
struction, such  child  may  be  committed  to  a  children's  home  or  a  juve- 
nile reformatory,  as  provided  for  in  section  4022-8  of  the  Revised 
Statutes  of  Ohio. 

Section  2.  That  section  4022-9  of  the  Revised  Statutes  as  amended 
May  12,  1902.  is  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  efifect  and  be  in 
force  on  and  after  July  i,  1908. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  May  9,  1908. 

Approved  May  9,  1908. 

Andrew  L,  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.   17.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  4029-3,  relating  to  the  tuition  of  pupils  holding  diplomas. 

Be  it  enaeted  by  fJie  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.     That  section  4029-3  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  21 

Sec.  4029-3.  The  tuition  of  jmpils  holding  diplomas  and  residing  in 
township,  special,  or  joint  snbdistricts,  in  which  no  high  school  is  main- 
tained, shall  be  paid  by  the  board  of  education  of  the  school  district  in 
w  hich  they  have  legal  school  residence,  such  tuition  to  be  computed  by  tlie 
month  and  an  attendance  any  part  of  the  month  shall  create  a  liability  for 
the  entire  month ;  but  a  board  of  education  maintaining  a  high  school  shall 
charge  no  more  tuition  than  it  charges  for  other  non-resident  pupils.  A 
board  of  education  providing  a  third  grade  high  school  as  defined  by  law 
shall  be  required  to  pay  the  tuition  of  graduates  from  said  school  residing 
in  the  district  at  any  first  grade  high  school  for  two  years,  oir  at  a  second 
grade  high  school  for  one  year  and  a  first  grade  high  school  for  one  year. 
A  board  of  education  providing'  a  second  grade  high  school  as  defined  by 
law  shall  be  required  to  pay  the  tuition  of  graduates  residing  in  the  dis- 
trict at  any  first  grade  high  school  for  one  year;  provided  however  any- 
such  l)oard  of  education  maintaining  a  second  or  third  grade  high  school 
shall  not  be  required  to  pay  any  such  tuition  after  the  rate  of  taxation  per- 
mitted by  law  for  such  district  shall  have  been  reached  and  all  the  funds 
so  raised  are  required  for  the  support  of  the  schools  of  said  district.  No 
board  of  education  shall  be  required  to  pay  the  tuition  of  any  pupil  for 
more  than  four  school  years;  provided  the  board  of  education  shall  be  re- 
(juired  to  pay  the  tuition  of  all  successful  applicants,  who'  have  complied 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  residing  more  than  three  miles  from  the 
high  school  provided  by  said  board,  when  said  applicants  attend  a  nearer 
high  school.  When  the  elementary  schools  of  any  township  school  district 
in  which  a  high  school  is  maintained  are  centralized  and  transportation  of 
pupils  is  provided,  all  pupils  resident  of  the  township  school  district  hold- 
ing diplomas  shall  be  entitled  to  transportation  tO'  the  high  school  of  said 
township  schoo'l  district,  and  the  board  of  education  of  said  school  district 
shall  be  exempt  from  the  payment  of  the  tuition  of  said  pupils  in  any  other 
high  school  for  such  a  portion  of  four  years  as  the  course  of  study  in  the 
high  school  maintained  by  the  board  of  education  may  include.  The  tui  • 
tion  of  pupils  residing  in  joint  snbdistricts  shall  be  paid  by  the  boards  of 
education,  having  control  of  such  districts,  from  the  contingent  funds  of 
said  districts.  A  lx)ard  of  education  not  maintaining  a  high  school  may 
enter  into  an  agreement  with  one  or  more  boards  of  education  maintain- 
ing such  school  for  the  schooling  of  all  its  high  school  pupils  and  when 
such  agreement  is  entered  into  the  board  making  the  same  shall  be  exempt 
from  the  ]:)ayment  nf  tuition  at  other  high  schools  of  pupils  living  within 
three  miles  of  the  schoid  designated  in  the  agreement;  ])rovided  the  school 
or  schools  selected  by  the  bt)ard  are  located  in  tlie  same  civil  township,  or 
some  adjoining  tovvuship,  as  that  of  the  board  making  the  agreement. 
Where  no  such  agreement  is  entered  intcj  the  school  to  be  attended  can  be 
selected  by  the  pupil  holding  a  diploma ;  provided,  due  notice  in  writing,  is 
given  to  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  education  of  the  name  of  the  school  to  be 


22  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

attended  and  the  date  the  attendance  is  to  begin,  said  notice  to  be  filed  not 
less  than  live  days  previous  to  said  beginning  of  attendance.  Said  tuition 
can  be  paid  from  either  the  tuition  or  contingent  funds  and  in  case  the 
board  of  education  deems  it  necessary  it  may  lev}^'  a  tax  of  not  to  exceed 
two  mills  on  each  dollar  of  taxable  property  in  the  district  or  joint  sub- 
district  in  excess  of  that  allowed  by  section  3959  of  the  Revised  Statutes 
of  Ohio ;  the  proceeds  of  said  levy  shall  be  kept  in  a  separate  fund  and  ap- 
plied only  to  the  payment  of  such  tuition. 

Section  2.     That  said  section  4029-3  be  and  same  is  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Granville  W.  Mooney, 
Speaker  of  the  H'ouse  of  Representatives. 

Francis  W.  Treadway, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  March  12,  1909. 
Approved  March  23,  1909. 

Judson  Harmon,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  58.] 
AN  ACT 


To  amend  and  supplement  section  4029-4  of  the  Revised  Statutes  regarding  what 
shall  constitute  a  school  and  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  two  high 
school  inspectors. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  tJie  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  4029-4  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  amended 
and  supplemented  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec. 4029-4.  No  board  of  education  shall  be  entitled  to  collect  tuition 
under  this  act  unless  said  board  shall  be  maintaining  a  regularly  organized 
high  school  with  a  course  of  study  extending  over  not  less  than  two  years 
and  consisting  mainly  of  branches  higher  than  those  in  which  the  pupil 
is  examined.  The  standing  or  grade  of  all  public  high  schools  in  the 
state  shall  be  determined  by  the  state  commissioner  of  common 
schools  and  his  finding  in  reference  to  the  standing  or  grade  of  sucli 
high  schools  shall  be  final. 

Sec.  4029-4(7.  To  aid  in  the  recognition  and  classification  of  high 
schools,  established  or  seeking  recognition  in  accordance  with  the  provi- 
sions of  this  act,  the  state  commissioner  of  common  schools  shall  appoint 
two  competent  inspectors.  Under  the  orders  and  supervision  of  the  com- 
missioner of  schools  such  inspectors  shall  make  examinations  of  any  pub- 
lic schools  in  the  state,  visit  teachers'  institutes,  confer  with  various  school 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  23 

authorities  and  assist  the  state  commissioner  of  common  schools  in  such 
other  ways  as  he  may  direct ;  provided,  however,  that  the  inspection  herein 
authorized  shall  not  be  a  substitute  for,  or  take  the  place  of,  the  inspection 
made  by  the  Ohio  State  University  for  university  purposes.  In  making 
the  first  appointment  ouic  of  the  inspectors  shall  be  named  for  one  year  and 
one  for  two  years  and  thereafter  the  appointment  shall  be  for  two  years. 
Said  inspectors  shall  be  paid  an  annual  salary  of  two  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  4029-4^'.  The  visitors  or  field  agents  of  any  institution  of  higher 
learning,  supported  wholly  or  in  part  by  the  state  of  Ohio,  shall  furnish 
the  state  commissioner  of  common  schools  with  a  report  of  all  inspection 
of  public  high  schools  made  by  them.  The  reports  shall  be  in  such  form 
as  the  commissioner  may  prescribe. 

Section  2.     That  section  4029-4  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Granville  W.  Mooney, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
Francis  W.  Treadway, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  Alarch  12,  1909. 

This  bill  was  jpresented  to  the  governor  March  12,  1909,  and  was  not 
signed  or  returned  to  the  house  wherein  it  originated  within  ten  days  after 
being  so  presented,  exclusive  of  Sundays  and  the  day  said  bill  was  pre- 
sented, and  was  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  March  25, 
1909. 

John  W.  Devanney,  Veto  Clerk. 


[House  Bill  No.  888.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  4030  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  relating  to  yearly  enumeration 

of  school  youth. 

Be  it  enacted  by  tlic  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  4030  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  4030.  There  shall  be  taken  in  .each  district,  annually,  during 
the  two  weeks  ending-  on  the  fourth  Saturday  of  May,  an  enumeration 
of  all  unmarried  youth,  noting  sex,  between  six  and  twenty-one  years  of 
age,  resident  within  the  district,  and  not  temporarily  there,  designating 
also  the  number  between  six  and  eight  years  of  age,  the  number  between 
eight  and  fourteen  years  of  age,  the  number  between  fourteen  and  sixteen 
years  of  age,  the  number  between  sixteen  and  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
and  the  number  residing  in  the  Western  Reserve,  the  Virginia  Military 


24  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

district, the  United  States  Military  district,aiid  in  any  original  surveyed 
township  or  fractional  township  to  which  belongs  section  i6,  or  other 
land  in  lieu  thereof,  or  any  other  lands  for  the  use  of  public  schools,  or 
anv  interest  in  the  proceeds  of  such  lands.  When  taking  the  enumeration 
provided  for  in  this  section,  the  person  appointed  to  take  such  enumer- 
ation, shall  make  every  effort  to  ascertain  as  near  as  possible  the  number 
of  imbeciles  or  feeble-minded  children  between  the  ages  of  six  and 
twenty-one,  resident  within  the  district,  and  shall  keep  an  accurate 
list  of  the  names,  sex,  age  and  place  of  residence  of  all  such  children, 
and  shall  make  said  list  a  part  of  his  report  to  the  cle^rk  of  the  board 
of  education.  And  there  shall  also  be  so  taken  an  accurate  enumera- 
tion of  all  physically  disabled,  blind  or  deaf  or  mute  children,  noting 
sex  between  six  and  twenty-one  years  of  age,  resident  within  the  dis- 
trict. 

Section  2.     That  said  section  4030  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  8,  1908. 
Approved  April  9,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  830.] 

AN  ACT 

To  supplement  section  4042  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  autJiorizing  boards  of  edu- 
cation of  districts  having  depositories  for  school  moneys  to  dispense  with 
a  treasurer  of  such  funds. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  4042  of  the  Revised  Statutes  be  supple- 
mented as  follows : 

Sec.  4042a.  When  a  depository  has  been  provided  for  the  school 
monevs  of  anv  district  as  authorized  bv  section  3968  of  the  Revised  Stat- 
utes of  Ohio,  the  l:)oard  of  education  of  such  district  may,  by  resolution 
duly  adopted  by  the  vote  of  a  majority  of  its  members,  dispense  with  a 
treasurer  of  the  school  moneys  belonging  to  such  school  district;  and  in 
such  district  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  education  thereof  shall  perform  all 
the  services,  and  discharge  all  the  duties  and  be  subject  to  all  the  obliga- 
tions that  are  required  of  the  treasurer  of  such  school  district  by  the  Stat- 
utes of  Ohio.  Whenever  such  treasurer  is  dispensed  with  as  herein  pro- 
vided, then  all  the  duties  and  obligations  required  by  the  Statutes  of  Ohio 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  25 

of  the  county  auditor,  county  treasurer,  or  other  officer  or  person,  relating 
to  the  school  moneys  of  such  district,  shall  be  complied  with  by  dealing 
with  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  education  of  such  district.  Such  clerk  be- 
fore entering  upon  such  duties,  shall  give  an  additional  bond  equal  in 
amount  and  in  the  same  manner  as  is  prescribed  by  'law  for  the  treasurer 
of  such  school  district. 

In  any  such  district,  should  the  depository  for  any  reason  cease  to 
act  as  custodian  of  the  school  moneys,  then  such  money  shall  be  placed  in 
the  custody  of  the  treasurer  of  the  city,  village  or  township  in  which  such 
school  district  is  located,  or  of  the  special  school  district ;  upon  such  treas- 
urer, as  treasurer  .ex-officio  of  such  school  funds,  or  such  treasurer  of  such 
special  school  district,  giving  bond  as  required  by  law  to  the  approval  of 
the  board  of  education  such  moneys  to  be  held  and  disbursed  by  said  treas- 
urer in  all  respects  as  now  provided  by  law  until  such  time  as  another 
depository  is  provided  for  such  school  moneys,  when  the  same  shall  be  by 
said  treasurer  placed  in  such  depository,  and  the  duties  and  obligations  of 
such  treasurer  relating  to  said  moneys  shall  then  cease. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  27,   1908. 
Approved  April  27,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[Senate  Bill  No.  453.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  sections  4073  and  4081  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  to  provide  for 
the  granting  and  revocation  of  teachers'  certificates,  age  limit  and  hearing 
on  revocation  of  certificates  in  counties,  and  in  city  school  districts. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  4073  of  the  Revised  Statutes  relative  to 
county  teachers'  certificates  be  annended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  4073.  County  boards  of  school  examiners  may  grant  teachers' 
certificates  for  one,  two,  three,  five  and  eight  years  from  the  day  of  ex- 
amination; said  certificates  shall  be  valid  in  all  village,  township,  and 
special  school  districts  of  the  county  wherein  they  aro  issued;  but  in  all 
school  districts  situated  in  two  or  more  counties,  teachers'  certificates 
obtained  in  either  county  shall  be  valid  in  such  districts.  All  teachers' 
certificates  granted  for  one,  two  or  three  years  shall  be  regarded  as  pro- 
visional certificates,  and  shall  be  issued  and  renewed  only  in  compliance 


26  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

with  such  reasonable  regTilations  and  standards  and  upon  such  ratios  as 
the  board  may  adopt.  But  when  any  teacher  holds  a  two  year  or  three 
year  certificate  and  has  for  the  last  five  years  preceding  been  continuously 
engaged  in  teaching  in  the  state  of  Ohio,  such  teacher  shall  be  entitled 
to  have  such  certificate  renewed  by  passing  an  examination  in  theory  and 
practice.  All  certificates  granted  for  five  years,  or  eight  years,  shall  be 
regarded  as  professional  certificates  and  shall  be  renewed  without  exam- 
ination at  the  discretion  of  the  examining  board,  provided  that  no  such 
certificate  shall  be  renewable  if  the  holder  thereof  has  not  been  actively 
engaged  in  teaching  within  the  four  years  preceding.  Such  professional 
certificate  shall  be  valid  in  any  county  in  the  state.  County  boards  of 
school  examiners  may  at  their  discretion  issue  certificates  without  formal 
examinations  to  holders  of  certificates  granted  by  other  county  and  city 
boards  of  school  examiners. 

Each  county  board  of  school  examiners  may  make  its  own  regula- 
tions to  grant  certificates  without  formal  examinations,  except  in  theory 
and  practice  of  teaching  and  in  the  science  of  education,  to  graduates  of 
schools  for  the  training  of  teachers,  providing  at  least  a  two-years'  course 
of  study  in  addition  to  graudation  from  a  first  grade  high  school,  and  of 
colleges  or  universities,  providing  at  least  a  four  years'  course  of  study 
in  addition  to  graduation  from  a  first  grade  high  school,  as  may  be  ap- 
proved by  them.  Certificates  thus  granted  to  such  graduates  may  be  is- 
sued, on  application  within  one  year  after  graduation,  first  for  one  year ; 
and  at  their  expiration,  on  satisfactory  evidence  of  success  in  teaching, 
certificates  for  longer  terms  may  be  issued. 

Between  regular  examinations,  county  boards  of  school  examiners 
may,  at  their  discretion,  issue  temporary  certificates,  which  shall  be  valid 
only  until  the  next  regular  examination  held  by  said  boards  after  the 
issue  of  said  certificates. 

No  certificate  shall  be  issued  to  any  person  who  is  less  than  eighteen 
years  of  age ;  and  if  at  any  time  the  recipient  of  a  certificate  be  found  in- 
temperate, immoral,  incompetent  or  negligent,  the  examiners,  or  any  two 
of  them,  may  revoke  the  certificate;  but  such  revocation  shall  not  pre- 
vent a  teacher  from  receiving  pay  for  services  previously  rendered;  but 
before  any  hearing  is  had  by  a  board  of  examiners  on  the  question  of 
the  revocation  of  a  teacher's  certificate,  the  charges  against  the  teacher 
shall  be  reduced  to  writing  and  placed  upon  the  records  of  the  board ; 
and  the  teacher  shall  be  notified  in  writing  as  to  the  nature  of  the  charges 
and  the  time  set  for  the  hearing,  such  notice  to  be  served  personally  or 
at  his  residence ;  and  the  teacher  shall  be  entitled  to  produce  witnesses 
and  defend  himself;  the  examining  board  shall  have  power  to  send  for 
witnesses  and  examine  them  on  oath  or  affirmation  touching  the  matter 
under  investigation,  and  said  oath  or  affirmation  may  be  administered 
by  any  member  of  the  board  of  examiners.    The  fees  and  the  per  diem  of 


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examiners  for  conducting  such  investigation,  at  three  dollars  a  day  each, 
and  other  expenses  of  such  trial  shall  be  certified  to  the  county  auditor 
bv  the  clerk  and  president  of  the  examining  board,  and  be  paid  out  of 
the  county  treasury  upon  the  order  of  the  auditor. 

Section  2.  That  section  4081  of  the  Revised  Statutes  relative  to 
teachers'  certificates  in  cities  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  4081.  Each  city  board  of  school  examiners  may  grant  teachers* 
certificates  for  one,  two,  three,  five  and  eight  years  from  the  day  of  ex- 
amination; and  said  certificates  shall  be  valid  within  the  district  wherein 
they  are  issued.  All  teachers'  certificates  granted  for  one,  two  or  three 
years  shall  be  regarded  as  provisional  certificates  and  shall  be  issued  and 
renewed  only  in  compliance  with  such  reasonable  regulations  and  stand- 
ards and  upon  such  ratios  as  the  board  may  adopt. 

But  when  any  teacher  holds  a  two  or  three  year  certificate  and  has 
for  the  last  five  years  preceding  been  continuously  engaged  in  teaching 
in  the  state  of  Ohio  such  teacher  shall  be  entitled  to  have  such  certificate 
renewed  by  passing  an  examination  in  theory  and  practice.  All  certificates 
granted  for  five  years,  or  eight  years,  shall  be  regarded  as  professional 
certificates  and  shall  be  renewed  without  examination  at  the  discretion 
of  the  examining  board,  provided  that  no  such  certificate  shall  be  re- 
newable if  the  holder  has  not  been  actively  engaged  in  teaching  within 
the  four  years  preceding.  Such  professional  certificate  shall  be  valid  in 
any  city  in  the  state.  City  boards  of  school  examiners  at  their  discretion 
may  issue  c-ertificates  without  formal  examinations  to  holders  of  certificates 
granted  by  other  city  and  county  boards  of  school  examiners. 

Each  city  board  of  school  examiners  may  make  its  own  regulations 
to  grant  certificates  without  formal  examinations,  except  in  theory  and 
practice  of  teaching  and  in  the  science  of  education,  to  graduates  of 
schools  for  the  training  of  teachers,  providing  at  least  a  two-years' 
course  of  study  in  addition  to  graduation  from  a  first  grade  high  school 
and  of  colleges  or  universities,  providing  at  least  a  four- years'  course  of 
study  in  addition  to  graduation  from  a  first  grade  high  school,  as  may 
be  approved  by  them.  Certificates  thus  granted  to  such  graduates  may  be 
issued,  on  application  within  one  year  after  graduation,  first  for  one  year; 
and  at  their  expiration,  on  satisfactory  evidence  of  success  in  teach- 
ing, certificates  for  longer  terms  may  be  issued. 

Between  regular  examinations,  city  boards  of  school  examiners  may, 
at  their  discretion,  issue  temporary  certificates,  which  shall  be  valid  only 
until  the  next  regular  examination  held  by  said  board  after  the  issue  of 
said  certificates. 

No  certificates  shall  be  issued  to  any  person  who  is  less  than  eighteen 
years  of  age;  and  if  at  any  time  the  recipient  of  a  certificate  be  found 
intemperate,  immoral,  incompetent,  or  negligent,  the  examiners,  or  any 
two  of  them,  may  revoke  the  certificate,  but  such  revocation  shall  not 


28  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

prevent  a  teacher  from  receiving  pay  for  services  previously  rendered, 
but  before  any  hearing  is  had  by  a  board  of  examiners  on  the  question  of 
the  revocation  of  a  teacher's  certificate,  the  charges  against  the  teacher 
shall  be  reduced  to  writing  and  placed  upon  the  records  of  the  board,  and 
the  teacher  shall  be  notified  in  writing  as  to  the  nature  of  the  charges 
and  the  time  and  place  set  for  the  hearing.  Such  notice  shall  be  served 
either  personally  or  at  the  residence  of  the  teacher  whose  certificate  it 
is  proposed  to  revoke  and  the  teacher  shall  be  entitled  to  produce  wit- 
nesses and  defend  himself;  the  examining  board  shall  have  power  to 
send  for  witnesses  and  examine  them  oii  oath  touching  the  matter  under 
investigation,  and  said  oath  or  affirmation  may  be  administered  by  any 
member  of  the  board  of  examiners.  The  fees  and  the  per  diem  of  ex- 
aminers for  conducting  such  investigation,  at  three  dollars  a  day  each, 
and  other  expenses  of  such  trial  shall  be  certified  to  the  city  auditor 
by  the  clerk  and  president  of  the  examining  board,  and  be  paid  out  of 
the  city  treasury  upon  the  order  of  the  city  auditor. 

Section  3.     That  said  sections  4073  and  4081  of  the  Revised  Stat- 
utes be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  May  9,  1908. 

Approved  May  9,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris^  Governor. 


[Senate  Bill  No.  415.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  4075  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  relative  to  compensation 

of  county  school  examiners. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  4075  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  4075.  Each  member  of  the  county  board  of  school  examiners 
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  ten  dollars  for  each  examination  of  fifty  ap- 
plicants or  less,  fourteen  dollars  for  each  examination  of  more  than  fifty 
applicants  and  less  than  one  hundred,  eighteen  dollars  for  each  examina- 
tion of  one  hundred  applicants  and  less  than  one  hundred  and 
fifty,  twenty-two  dollars  for  each  examination  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  applicants  and  less  than  two  hundred,  and  four 
dollars    for    each     additional     fifty    applicants,    or  fraction     thereof. 


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to  be  paid  out  of  the  county  treasury  on  the  order  of  the  county  audi- 
tor; all  books,  blanks  and  stationery  required  by  the  board  shall 
be  furnished  by  the  county  auditor;  the  board  may  contract  for 
the  use  of  suitable  rooms  in  which  to  conduct  the  examination,  for  the 
printing  of  examination  questions,  may  procure  fuel  and  light,  and 
employ  janitors,  to  take  charge  of  the  rooms  and  keep  them  in  order,  and 
the  expenses  so  incurred,  together  with  the  cost  of  advertising  required 
by  section  forty  hundred  and  sevenL}'''-one,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  county 
treasury  on  orders  of  the  county  auditor,  who  shall  issue  such  orders  upon 
the  certificate  of  the  president  of  the  board,  countersigned  by  the  clerk. 
Section  2.     Said  section  4075  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President   of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  30,  1908. 
Approved  April  30,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  892.] 
AN  ACT 


To  amend  section  4091  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  relating  to  the  compen- 
sation of  teachers  while  attending  county  institutes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  4091  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  4091.  All  teachers  and  superintendents  of  the  public  schools 
within  any  county  in  which  a  county  institute  is  held  while  the  schools 
are  in  session  may  dismiss  their  schools  for  one  week  for  the  purpose 
of  attending  such  institute  and  the  boards  of  education  of  all  school  dis- 
tricts are  required  to  pay  the  teachers  and  superintendents  of  their  re- 
spective districts  their  regular  salary  for  the  week  they  attend  the  institute 
upon  the  teachers  or  superintendents  presenting  certificates  of  full  reg- 
ular daily  attendance  at  said  institute  signed  by  the  president  and  sec- 
retary thereof ;  and  when  said  institute  is  held  when  the  public  schools 
are  not  in  session,  said  teachers  or  superintendents  shall  be  paid  two 
dollars  a  day  for  actual  daily  attendance,  as  certified  by  the  president 
and  secretary  of  said  institute,  for  not  less  than  four  nor  more  than 
six  days  of  actual  attendance,  the  same  to  be  paid  as  an  addition  to  the 
first  month's   salary  after   said  institute  by  the  board  of  education  by 


30  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

which  said  teacher  or  superintendent  is  then  employed,  or  in  case  he  or 
she  is  unemployed  at  the  time  of  the  institute,  then  by  the  board  next 
employing  said  teacher  or  superintendent,  provided  the  term  of  said  em- 
ployment begins  within  three  months  after  said  institute  closes. 

Section  2.     That  said  original  section  4091  of  the  Revised  Statutes 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  M.  Williams, 

President   of  the  Senate. 
Passed  May  9,  1908. 
Approved  May  9,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  1120.] 

AN  ACT 

To  abolish  fraternities,  sororities  and  other  like  societies  among  the  pupils  of 
the  public  schools  of  the  state  of  Ohio. 

Be  it  enacted  bv  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  pupil  of  the  public  schools 
of  the  state  of  Ohio  in  any  manner  to  organize,  join  or  belong  to  any 
fraternity  or  sorority  or  other  like  societies  composed  or  made  up  of 
pupils  of  the  public  schools. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  dutv  of  every  teacher,  principal  or  super- 
intendent having  knowledge  or  reason  to  believe  that  such  fraternity, 
sorority  or  like  society  is  being  organized  or  maintained  in  any  of  the 
schools  of  the  state,  or  that  any  of  the  pupils  attending  said  schools  are 
organizing  or  belonging  to  such  fraternity,  sorority  or  like  society  to 
advise  immediately  the  president  or  secretary  of  the  board  of  education 
in  charge  of  such  schools  of  such  facts.  Upon  receipt  of  such  notice,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  such  board  of  education  within  thirty  days  after  the 
receipt  thereof,  and  after  not  less  than  ten  days'  written  notice  to  the 
persons  charged  with  violating  this  act,  or  to  their  parents"  or  guardians, 
to  investigate  the  charges  therein  contained,  and  if  such  board  of  educa- 
tion  find  the  same  to  be  correct  and  true,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sec- 
retary of  such  board  to  notify  immediately,  in  writing,  any  and  all  pupils 
organizing,  joining  or  belonging  to  such  fraternity,  sorority  or  like  society 
to  disband  and  discontinue  the  same  and  to  withdraw  therefrom  within 
five  days  from  the  receipt  of  said  notice. 

And  if  within  such  time  any  pupil  guilty  of  organizing,  joining  or 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  31 

belonging  to  any  such  fraternit}',  sorority  or  like  society  shall  fail  to 
obey  said  notice,  said  pupil  shall  have  violated  the  rules  of  the  school  and 
be  immediately  suspended  from  the  public  schools  of  this  state  by  the 
superintendent  or  principal  in  charge  of  the  same  in  cities  or  districts 
having  such  superintendent  or  principal,  or  by  the  clerk  of  the  board  of 
education  in  villages,  special  and  township  districts  not  having  such 
superintendent  or  principal,  until  such  pupil  shall  comply  with  the  order 
of  the  board. 

Section  3.  Any  officer,  teacher,  principal,  superintendent  or  other 
persons  mentioned  in  this  act,  neglecting  to  perform  any  duty  imposed 
upon  him  by  this  act,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  ten  dollars  (^.10.00)  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00) 
for  each  offense. 

Section  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  the  first  day  of  July,  1908. 

Joseph  D.  Chamberlain, 
Speaker  pro  teiii.  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  30,  1908. 
Approved  April  30,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[Senate  Bill  No.  305.] 

AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  expenses  of  the  members  of  boards  of  education  in  school 

districts  of  the  state  of  Ohio. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  a  service  fund  for  members  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion of  any  city  school  district  be  authorized  and  that  it  be  operated 
as  follows : 

Upon  the  passage  of  this  act  and  upon  the  third  Monday  of  every 
January  thereafter  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  education  shall  certify  to 
the  board  of  education  of  which  he  is  clerk, the  number  of  pupils  enrolled 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  district,  whereupon  the  board  of  said  city 
school  district  may  by  resolution  set  aside  from  the  contingent  fund  a 
sum  not  to  exceed  five  cents  for  each  child  so  enrolled,  said  sum  of 
money  to  be  known  as  the  "service  fund"  to  be  used  only  in  paying  the 


32  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

expenses  of  said  members  actually  inciirred  in  the  performance  of  their 
duties ;  such  payments  to  be  made  only  on  statement  of  the  several  mem- 
bers furnished  at  the  last  meeting  held  in  each  month. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  May  9,  1908. 
Approved  May  9,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  794.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  14  of  an  act  passed  May  15,  1894,  entitled,  "An  act  relating 
to  the  conduct  of  elections  to  pay  the  expense  of  elections." 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  14  of  an  act  passed  May  15,  1894.  entitled 
"An  act  relating  to  the  conduct  of  elections"  be  amended  so  as  to  read 
as  follows : 

Sec.  14.  All  expenses  arising  for  printing  and  distributing  ballots, 
cards  of  explanation  to  officers  of  the  election  and  voters,  blanks,  and 
all  other  proper  and  necessary  expenses  of  any  general  or  special  election, 
including  compensation  of  precinct  election  officers,  shall  be  paid  out  of 
the  county  treasury  as  other  county  expenses. 

In  November  elections  held  in  odd  numbered  years, such  compensa- 
tion and  expenses  shall  be  a  charge  against  the  township,  city,  village  or 
political  division  in  which  such  election  was  held,  and  the  amount  so'  paid 
b}-  the  county  shall  be  retained  by  the  county  auditor  from,  the  funds  due 
to  such  township,  city,  village  or  political  division,  at  the  time  of  making 
the  semi-annual  distribution  of  taxes ;  the  county  commissioners,  town- 
ship trustees,  councils,  boards  of  education,  or  other  authorities  authorized 
to  levy  taxes,  shall  make  the  necessary  levy  to  meet  such  expenses,  which 
levy  may  be  in  addition  to  other  levies  authorized  or  required  by  law ; 
the  amount  of  all  such  expenses  shall  be  ascertained  and  apportioned  by 
the  deputy  state  supervisors  to  the  several  political  divisions  and  certified 
to  the  county  auditor.  In  the  case  of  municipalities  situated  in  two  or 
more  counties,  the  proportion  of  expense  charged  to  each  of  the  counties 
shall  be  ascertained  and  apportioned  by  the  clerk  of  the  corporation,  and 
certiiied  by  him  to  the  several  county  auditors. 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  33 

SiiCTioN  2.  That  section  14  of  an  act  passed  May  15th,  1894,  en- 
titled, "An  act  relating-  to  the  conduct  of  elections"  be  and  the  same  is 
hereljy  repealed. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  8,  1908. 
Approved  April  9,  1908. 

/Vndrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  1166.] 

AN  ACT 
To  protect  the  lives  of  school  children  by  an  adequate  compulsory  fire  drill. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  principal  or  other  person  in 
charge  of  every  public  or  private  school  or  educational  institution  within 
the  state,  having  an  average  daily  attendance  of  fifty  or  more  pupils,  to 
instruct  and  train  the  pupi!s  by  means  of  drills,  so  that  they  may  in  sudden 
emergency  be  able  to  leave  the  school  building  in  the  shortest  possible 
time  and  without  confusion  or  panic.  Such  drills  or  rapid  dismissals 
shall  be  held  at  least  once  for  each  month  when  said  schools  are  in 
session  and  all  doors  of  exit  shall  be  kept  unlocked  during  school  hours, 

That  every  teacher  or  instructor  in  every  public,  private  or  parochial 
school  shall  devote  not  less  than  thirty  minutes  in  each  month  during 
which  the  school  is  in  session,  to  instruction  of  pupils  between  the  ages 
of  six  and  fourteen  years,  in  iire  dangers. 

For  the  purpose  of  such  instruction  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state 
fire  marshal  to  prepare  a  book  conveniently  arranged  in  chapters,  or 
lessons,  such  chapters  or  lessons  to  be  in  number  sufficient  to  provide 
a  different  chapter  or  lesson  for  each  week  of  the  maximum  school  year, 
one  of  such  lessons  to  be  read  by  the  teachers  in  such  schools  each  week. 
The  books  shall  be  published  at  the  expense  of  the  state  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  state  school  commissioner  and  shall  be  distributed  in  quan- 
tities sufficient  to  provide  a  copy  for  each  teacher  required  by  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  to  give  the  instruction  herein  provided  for;  the  dis- 
tribution to  be  made  by  the  state  school  commissioner. 

Section  2.  Willful  neglect  by  any  principal  or  other  person  in 
charge  of  any  public  or  private  school  or  educational  institution  to  comply 
with  the  provision  of  this  act,  shall  be  a  misdemeanor,  punishable,  each 


34  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

offense,  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  twenty  nor  less  than  five  dollars. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  members  of  school  boards, 
school  directors,  trustees,  or  other  body  of  persons  having  control  of  the 
schools  of  any  township,  town  or  city,  to  cause  a  copy  of  this  act  to  be 
printed  in  the  manual  or  handbook  prepared  for  the  guidance  of  teach- 
ers, where  such  manual  is  in  use  or  may  hereafter  come  in  use. 

Section  4.  The  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  colleges  and 
universities. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  28,  1908. 
Approved  April  28,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris^  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  1225.] 

AN  ACT 

To  enlarge  the  powers  of  the  chief  inspector  of  workshops  and  factories  in  the 
matter  of  public  schools  and  other  buildings,  and  to  increase  the  number  of 
district  inspectors. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  In  addition  to  the  powers  now  vested  in  the  chief  in- 
spector of  workshops  and  factories  it  shall  be  his  further  duty  to  cause 
his  district  inpectors  to  inspect  all  school  houses,  colleges,  opera  houses, 
halls,  theaters,  churches,  infirmaries,  children's  homes,  hospitals,  medical 
institutes,  asylums  and  other  buildings  used  for  the  assemblage  or  better- 
ment of  people  in  any  municipal  corporation,  township  or  county  in  the 
state  of  Ohio  with  special  regard  to  the  precautions  taken  for  the  pre- 
vention of  fires,  and  the  provision  of  fire  escapes,  exits,  emergency  exits, 
hallways,  air  space,  and  all  other  matters  which  relate  to  the  health  and 
safety  of  those  occupying  or  assembling  in  such  structures. 

Section  2.  The  district  inspectors  shall  file  with  the  chief  inspect- 
or of  workshops  and  factories  a  written  report  of  every  inspection  made 
of  anv  of  the  aforesaid  structures,  stating  the  condition  in  which  such 
building  was  found,  and,  if  it  is  found  that  necessary  precautions  for 
the  prevention  of  fire  or  other  disaster  have  not  been  taken,  nor  means 
provided  for  the  safe  and  speedy  egress  of  the  persons  who  might  be 
assembled  therein,  said  report  shall  specify  such  appliances,  additions 
or  alterations  as  are  necessary  to  provide  such  precautions  and  protec- 


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tion,  and  it  sliall  then  be  the  duty  of  the  ehief  inspcctoK  of  workshops 
and  factories  to  notify  in  writing  the  owner  or  person  having  control  f^f 
such  structure  of  the  apphances,  additions  or  alterations  necessary  to  he 
added  to  or  made  in  such  structure. 

Section  3.  A  copy  of  said  notice  shall  be  mailed  to  the  mayor  of 
the  municipality,  if  such  structure  is  located  therein,  and  if  not,  then  tu 
the  prosecuting  attorney  of  the  county  wherein  it  is  located,  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  mayor  of  the  municipality,  with  the  aid  of  the  police, 
or  the  prosecuting  attorney,  with  the  aid  of  the  sherifif,  upon  receiving 
such  notification,  to  prohibit  the  use  of  said  structure  for  the  assemblage 
of  people  until  the  appliances,  additions  or  alterations  required  by  said 
notice  have  been  added  to  or  made  in  such  structure. 

Section  4.  Upon  receiving  said  notice  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
owner  or  person  in  control  of  such  structure  to  comply  with  each  and 
every  detail  embodied  therein,  and  it  shall  be  his  further  duty,  upon  the 
completion  of  every  such  detail,  to  report  the  fact  in  writing  to  the 
chief  inspector  of  workshops  and  factories  and  the  mayor  of  the  mu- 
nicipality, or  the  prosecuting  attorney  of  the  county,  as  the  case  may 
be. 

Section  5.  The  plans  for  every  such  structure  aforesaid  which 
may  be  hereafter  erected  in  the  state  of  Ohio,  and  the  plans  for  any  alter- 
ations in  or  additions  to  any  such  structure  aforesaid  that  is  now  erected, 
shall  be  approved  by  the  chief  inspector  of  workshops  and  factories, 
except  that  in  municipalities  having  regularly  organized  building  inspec- 
tion departments  the  plans  shall  be  approved  by  said  municipal  depart- 
ments. 

Section  6.  Any  architect,  builder  or  other  person  who  shall  alter 
the  approved  plans,  or  fail  to  construct  or  alter  the  building  in  accord- 
ance with  said  approved  plans  without  the  consent  of  the  department 
that  approved  them  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  criminal  offense,  and, 
upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  hundred 
dollars  ($500.00)  nor  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000.00),  or 
imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  no  less  than  thirty  days  nor  more  than  one 
year,  or  both,  such  fine  and  imprisonment  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  7.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  this  provision  of  this 
act  the  chief  inspector  of  workshops  and  factories  shall,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  governor,  appoint  one  assistant  chief  inspector  who  shall 
be  a  competent  and  practical  architect,  and  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to 
examine  carefully  the  plans  and  specifications  of  such  buildings,  altera- 
tions and  additions,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  chief  inspector 
may  direct..  The  salary  of  said  assistant  chief  inspector  shall  be  two 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars  a  year,  which  salary  and  all  necessary 
traveling  expenses  incurred  by  said  inspector  in  the  discharge  of  his 
official  duties  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  treasury  of  the  state  on  the  war- 
rant of  the  auditor  from  any  fund  therein  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


36  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Sfxtion  8.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  this  act  the  chief  in- 
spector of  workshops  and  factories  is  authorized  to  appoint,  with  the 
approval  of  the  governor,  ten  additional  district  inspectors  who  shall  h'^ 
competent  and  practical  mechanics  with  a  knowledge  of  building  con- 
struction, and  who  shall  receive  the  same  compensation,  be  clothed  with 
the  same  powers,  and  whose  terms  of  office  shall  be  the  same  as  is  now 
provided  by  law  for  the  district  inspectors  of  workshops  and  factories. 

Section  9.  Asiiy  person,  firm,  board  or  corporation,  being  the 
owner  or  in  control  of  any  building  mentioned  in  this  act,  who  shall  use 
or  permit  the  use  of  such  building-,  in  violation  of  any  order  prohibiting 
its  use,  issued  in  accordance  with  this  act,  or  who  shall  fail  to  comply 
with  the  requirements  of  any  order  so  issued  relating  to  the  change, 
improvement  or  repair  of  such  building,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten, 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  each  day  that  such  use  or  failure 
shall  continue,  shall  constitute  a  separate  offense.- 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  April  28,  1908. 
Approved  April  28,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  1274.] 

AN  ACT. 

To  authorize  school  boards  to  levy  tax  to  support  universities  and  colleges  lo- 
cated in  village  school  districts. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  the  school  board  of  any  village  school  district  in 
which  is  located  a  university  or  college,  organized  under  the  laws  of 
the  state  of  Ohio'  as  an  institution  of  learning  not  for  profit,  and  under 
the  management  of  a  board  of  trustees,  may  levy  a  tax  not  exceeding 
two  mills  annually,  in  addition  to  all  tax  authorized  by  law  for  all  other 
purposes,  upon  all  taxable  property  within  such  village  district  for  the 
support  of  such  university  or  college. 

Section  2.  Provided,  that  in  the  event  such  levy  is  made  by  such 
board  of  education,  all  holders  of  a  high  school  diploma  obtained  from 
such  village  district  high  school  shall  have  the  right  to  attend  such 
university  or  college  for  the  period  of  two  years,  free  of  tuition. 

Section  3.     The  fimds  arising  from  such  tax  levy  shall  be  turned 


OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  37 

over  to  the  board  of  trustees  of  such  university  or  college  by  the  county 
treasurer  to  be  expended  by  them  in  the  conduct  of  such  university  or 
college  and  for  no  other  purpose. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  tlic  House  of  Representatives. 
James  J\I.  Willlxms, 

President   of  the  Senate. 
Passed  May  y,  1908. 
Approved  May  9,  1908. 

Andrew. L.  Harris^  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  1302.] 

AN  ACT 

To  make  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  common  schools  of  the  state. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  tJie  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  there  be,  and  is  hereby  appropriated,  from  any 
moneys  raised  or  coming  into  the  state  treasury  for  the  support  of  the 
common  schools  and  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  forty-five 
thousand  dollars  ($45,000.00),  to  assist  in  the  maintenance  of  weak 
school  districts,  which  shall  be  distributed  by  the  auditor  of  state,  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  act  passed  April  2,  1906. 

Freeman  T.  Eagleson, 
Speaker  of  tlie  House  of  Representatives. 
James  M.  Williams, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  May  9,  1908. 
Approved  May  9,  1908. 

Andrew  L.  Harris,  Governor. 


[Senate  Bill  No.  11.] 
AN  ACT 


To  amend  section  1  of  an  act  entitled,  "An  act  to  authorize  boards  of  educa- 
tion in  cities  of  the  second  grade  of  the  first  class  to  levy  a  tax  for  certain 
purposes  therein  specified,"  passed  March  16,  1887,  as  amended  April  2.5, 
1904,  relating  to  manual  training  and  commercial  departments  and  kindei'- 
gartens. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.     That  section  i  of  an  act  entitled,  "An  act  to  authorize 
boards  of  education  in  cities  of  the  second  grade  of  the  first  class  to  levy 


38  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

a  tax  for  certain  purposes  therein  specified,"  passed  March  i6.  1887,  as 
amended  April  25,  1904,  be  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  I.  Any  board  of  education  may  establish  and  maintain  manual 
training,  domestic  science,  and  commercial  department ;  agricultural,  in- 
.dustrial,  vocational  and  trades  schools ;  and  kindergartens  in  connection 
with  the  public  school  system  ;  and  pay  the  expenses  of  establishing  and 
maintaining"  said  schools  from  the  public  school  funds,  in  the  same  man- 
ner and  from  the  same  funds  as  other  school  expenses  arc  paid. 

Section  2.     That  said  section  i  as  amended  is  hereby  repealed. 

Granvh.le  W.  Mooney, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Francis  W.  Treadway, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  March  9,  1909. 
Ai>p roved  March   16,   1909. 

JuDsoN  Harmon,  Governor. 


[House  Bill  No.  181.] 
AN  ACT 
To  make  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  common  schools  of  the  state. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  there  be,  and  is  hereby  appropriated,  from  anv 
moneys  raised  or  coming  into  the  state  treasury  for  the  support  of  the 
common  schools,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  November  15.  1909,  the  sum 
of  two  million  three  hundred  and  thirty  thousand  dollars  ($2,330,000),  to 
be  distributed  for  that  purpose  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  and  eighty-five 
cents  ($1.85),  for  each  enumerated  youth;  and  paid  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided by  section  3956  of  the  Revised  Statutes. 

Granville  W.  Mooney, 
Speaker  of  the  Home  of  Representatives. 

Francis  W.  Treadway, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  March  3,  1909. 
Approved  March  12,  1909. 

JuDsoN  Harmon,  Governor. 


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OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  39 

[Senate  Bill  No.  50.] 

AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  agricultural  extension  work  by  the  College  of  Agriculture  and 
Domestic  Science  of  Ohio  State  University. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  the  College  of  Agriculture  and  Domestic  Science 
of  the  Ohio  State  University  is  hereby  authorized  and  instructed  to  ar- 
range for  the  extension  of  its  teachings  throughout  the  state,  and  shall 
arrange  to  hold  schools  in  which  instructions  shall  be  given  in  soil  fer- 
tility, stock  raising,  crop  production,  dairying,  horticulture,  domestic 
science  and  kindred  subjects;  each  school  shall  not  exceed  one  week  in 
length,  and  not  more  than  one  shall  be  held  in  any  county  during  a 
year. 

Section  2.  The  said  College,  in  addition  to  the  holding  of  schools 
as  provided  in  section  one  of  this  act,  shall  give  instruction  and  demon- 
strations in  various  lines  of  agriculture,  at  agricultural  fairs,  institutes, 
granges,  clubs,  or  in  connection  with  any  other  organizations,  that,  in 
the  judgment  of  the  said  College  may  be  useful  in  extending  agricul- 
ttiral  knowledge.  The  work  in  agricultural  extension  may  also  include 
instruction  by  mail  and  the  publication  of  bulletins  designed  to  carry 
the  benefits  of  its  teachings  to  communities  remote  from  the  College. 


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Section  3.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this 
act,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  the  funds  in  the  state  treasury, 
and  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  the 
same  to  be  available  on  and  after  the  first  day  of  July,  1909,  and  to  be 
expended  tmder  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Ohio 
State  University,  for  agricultural  extension  work,  as  set  forth  in  this 
act,  but  no  part  of  the  appropriation  herein  provided  for  shall  be  avail- 
able for  rent,  heat,  light,  janitor  services  or  other  local  expenses,  and 
such  local  expenses  shall  be  provided  for  by  the  community  in  which 
such  school  is  held  or  instruction  and  demonstrations  are  given. 

Granville  W.  Mooney, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Francis  W.  Treadway, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Passed  March  9,  1909. 
Approved  March  12,  1909. 

JuDSON  Harmon,  Governor. 


40  OHIO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

[House  Bill  No.  140.] 

AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  purchase  of  a  certain  school  site  in  the  village  of  Collinwood, 
Cuyahoga  county,  Ohio,  for  the  purpose  of  estahlishing  and  maintaining 
thereon  a  memorial  huilding  and  park. 

Whereas,  On  the  4th  day  of  March,  1908,  one  htmdred  and  sixty- 
five  school  children  and  two  teachers  lost  their  lives  in  a  fire  which  de- 
stroyed the  Lake  View  school  building-  at  Collinwood,  Ohio,  and 

Whereas,  On  the  sixth  day  of  March,  1908,  the  general  assembly 
of  Ohio  appropriated  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  for  the 
relief  of  the  needy  sufferers  of  "said  district  and  a  balance  of  $6,717.50 
of  that  fund  remains  unexpended,  therefore 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  stated  there  is  hereby 
re-appropriated  out  of  said  unexpended  balance  the  sum  of  three  thou- 
sand dollars  ($3,000.00). 

Section  2.  Said  amount  to  be  expended  for  the  purpose  of  pur- 
chasing the  lot  on  which  said  school  building  formerly  stood,  which  is  to 
be  dedicated  forever  as  a  memorial  park  to  the  memory  of  those  who  lost 
their  lives  in  that  fire. 

Section  3.  The  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  a  trustee 
to  represent  the  state  of  Ohio  and  act  with  the  council  of  the  village  of 
Collinwood  and  negotiate  for  the  purchase  of  the  plot,  on  which  said 
burned  school  building  stood,  with  the  board  of  education  of  the  village 
of  Collinwood. 

Section  4.  When  the  said  board  of  education  of  the  village  of  Col- 
linwood has  agreed  to  sell  and  the  said  council  of  the  said  village  has 
agreed  to  buy  said  plot  and  the  said  council  has  appropriated  all  but 
three  thousand  dollars  of  the  purchase  price,  then 

Section  5.  On  the  certificate  of  such  trustee  that  all  proceedings 
have  been  complied  with  according  to  law,  and  the  deed  of  such  prop- 
erty has  been  deposited  with  said  trustee  for  delivery  to  said  council, 
and  upon  the  approval  of  the  governor,  the  state  auditor  shall  issue  a 
warrant  for  such  expenditure  to  be  paid  out  of  the  appropriation  here- 
in provided. 

Granville  W.  Mooney, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
Francis  W.  Treadway, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

Passed  March  9,  1909. 

Approved  March  12,  1909. 

Judson  Harmon,  Governor. 


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